Memoirs of John Howard Author:Thomas Taylor General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1836 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. Howard''s second marriage -- Character of Mrs. Howard -- Her delicate health -- Howard's removal to Wat- combe -- Return to Cardington -- Love of retirement -- Great attention to the poor -- Birth of his son -- Death of Mrs. Howard -- Howard's deep regret on the occasion -- His peculiar views of infantine education -- Course he pursued with his son -- Mistaken opinions respecting it -- Visit to Bath -- Tour through Holland -- Return -- Continued anxiety for his son's welfare -- Indisposition, and preparations for another continental tour. After Howard's release from prison, we find him, in 1757, turning his attention to the improvement of his estate, at Cardington. He enlarged it considerably, by the purchase of an adjoining farm in the village. He employed himself, during the whole of this year, in superintending the alterations which he thought it desirable to make on the estate; gratifying his taste, by pursuing, in his leisure hours, those philosophical researches, and making those meteorological observations, for which he always had a strong predilection. About this time Howard formed an intimacy with Miss Henrietta Leeds, eldest daughter of Serjeant Leeds, esquire, of Caxton, in Cambridgeshire, a lady about his own age, of considerable beauty, and great accomplishments, to whom he was united in marriage on the 25th April, 1758. She possesseda most amiable disposition, united to a highly cultivated mind : her education had been suitable to her father's rank. But though she moved in rather a gay circle, it was evident that, both in her dress and manners, she preferred neatness and el...« less